Unfair characterization of Republicans

Harold Walters purports to know the hearts and minds of Republicans. In his letter, "Evaluating Republicans," he states the following falsehoods: "Every Republican opposes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, women's health care, workers' right to representation and the EPA. They are destroying our public education system."

Not a single Republican I know holds those positions. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupt. Republicans want to save the programs by reforming them while Democrats want to do nothing until they default. Except, that is, steal half a trillion dollars from Medicare to pay for the ACA.

Unemployment insurance, also bankrupt, is already paid for two years. And the ACA caused more women and children than men to lose their existing health care.

As a conservative, I do not oppose the workers' right to representation, but I hate the idea of big labor forcing people to support Democrats, even if they personally oppose abortion, gun control, higher taxes, the ACA, Medicare cuts, and NSA spying. And the NEA has already undermined public education.

While the EPA has done wonderful things, it needs to be reined in when it ignores real science and starts destroying entire industries to produce results that are too small to have a noticeable effect on anything.

Liberals can't win with the truth so they have to distort the truth to demonize their opponents. The left is battling not the opponent it is actually facing but the opponent it wishes to face.

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Unfair characterization of Republicans

STEPHEN ERWIN Portland Harold Walters purports to know the hearts and minds of Republicans. In his letter, 'Evaluating Republicans,' he states the following falsehoods: